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  1. Health & Medicine

    A genetic test may predict which weight loss drugs work best for patients

    Variants of obesity-related genes influence how much weight patients lose on specific weight loss drugs like liraglutide, two studies report.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Animals

    This spider’s barf is worse than its bite

    Most spider species subdue dinner by injecting venom from their fangs. Feather-legged lace weavers swathe prey in silk, then upchuck a killing brew.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Neuroscience

    At early ages, autism in girls and boys looks similar

    A new study of more than 2,500 children under 5 found little difference in autism symptoms between boys and girls.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Space

    Here’s how a collision of star remnants launches a gleaming jet

    A computer simulation shows how two neutron stars of unequal mass merge, form a black hole and spit out a jet of high energy matter.